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a delicious blend of cereal, fiber and activia yogurt. >> 5:22 on the west coast. afghan military reported that german soldiers traveling to a scene of a firefighter accidentally killed six afghan troops . three germans were killed in the fighting . two people remained hospitalized after a explosion in new jersey. the residents suffered burns over 80 percent of their body and the blast could be felt blocks away. officials believe that natural gas could be to blame for the explosion. clayton. >> shocking new todays said workplace explosive to chem cheps and >> -- nylon could triple breast cancer. >> good morning. women might see increased risk. you look at acrylic on fibers that can create smo some sort of free radicals that can cause the breast cancer. it is much. what type of out kits are we talking about. they found in younger women. because the breast treasure - on tissue is going through the productive years it absorbs free radicals and can increase breast cancer. >> how long does it take. wearing it for a week or years. >> a lot of people are skeptical. they t
a delicious blend of cereal, fiber and activia yogurt. >> 5:22 on the west coast. afghan military reported that german soldiers traveling to a scene of a firefighter accidentally killed six afghan troops . three germans were killed in the fighting . two people remained hospitalized after a explosion in new jersey. the residents suffered burns over 80 percent of their body and the blast could be felt blocks away. officials believe that natural gas could be to blame for the explosion....
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i do 22 more inspections than the government requires. and my fresh, all-natural chickens are never given any hormones or steroids. ♪ ...and no candy, gladys. [ clucks ] [ male announcer ] perdue. extra inspections... extraordinary chicken. >>> well how do you stop kids from figitying in class? an anne arundel county school has come up with an idea of how to keep ants out of the pants. beth parker shows they are having a ball. >> so when you are looking, the fourth graders are bouncing. it started when josh williams came to the school. a previous teacher suggested he sit on a yoga ball during class because he needs to move. >> i would get up and blow my nose and get a drink and i would come back and do that constantly. >> reporter: and now third, fourth and fifth grader are sitting on the ball. >> i feel like i started something that everyone else likes so much that they wanted to do it too. >> reporter: the kids are not required to sit on the yoga ballch you can see in this classroom, some of the students are still using chairs. it's r
i do 22 more inspections than the government requires. and my fresh, all-natural chickens are never given any hormones or steroids. ♪ ...and no candy, gladys. [ clucks ] [ male announcer ] perdue. extra inspections... extraordinary chicken. >>> well how do you stop kids from figitying in class? an anne arundel county school has come up with an idea of how to keep ants out of the pants. beth parker shows they are having a ball. >> so when you are looking, the fourth graders are...
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washington dulles will see a high today of 89. may break its record. richmond, virginia as well, tying a record possibly. raleigh, north carolina, may see its record broken. we have a risk of strong storms though stretching from the gulf coast on into the upper ohio river valley. wet weather in the pacific northwest. snow in the central >> it is going to be unseasonably warm today. high temperatures close to 90, but humidity one of the bed southwest breeze at 10 to 15 mi. >> that's your latest weather. track your weather all day on weather channel on cable or weather.com online. >> al, thank you. >>> up next, would you rather be heavy and happy or slim and sad? one woman's struggle right after this. when they get out here... unbelievable. he has a sienna? i thought we were friends, gary. i really needed the space. you got the same carseat in there, gary. wait right there while daddy puts all this stuff back in the car. when this kind of thing happens, when another parent tries to copy your style, you just have to be the better man. [ male announcer ] m
washington dulles will see a high today of 89. may break its record. richmond, virginia as well, tying a record possibly. raleigh, north carolina, may see its record broken. we have a risk of strong storms though stretching from the gulf coast on into the upper ohio river valley. wet weather in the pacific northwest. snow in the central >> it is going to be unseasonably warm today. high temperatures close to 90, but humidity one of the bed southwest breeze at 10 to 15 mi. >> that's...
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jon karl has the story in washington. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, elizabeth. a new report reveals that throughout the financial crisis, some top securities and exchange commission officials, were spending their time surfing pornography. maybe this is why they missed the bernie madoff scandal. a new report obtained by abc news, reveals that some top government officials, responsible for policing wall street, have a staggering obsession with pornography. spending hour after hour surfing porn sites on their government computers. >> it's reckless and indicates a contempt for the taxpayer and the taxpayer's interest in monitoring financial markets. >> reporter: the most serious violators include, a senior attorney at s.e.c. headquarters in washington, who spent up to eight hours a day, accessing internet porn. and had boxes full of pornographic cds and dvds in his office. an accountant used his s.e.c. computer to upload videos. and another accountant attempted to access porn websites 1,800 times in a 2-week period. and she had 600 pornographic images on her governm
jon karl has the story in washington. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, elizabeth. a new report reveals that throughout the financial crisis, some top securities and exchange commission officials, were spending their time surfing pornography. maybe this is why they missed the bernie madoff scandal. a new report obtained by abc news, reveals that some top government officials, responsible for policing wall street, have a staggering obsession with pornography. spending hour...
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the oil slick is some 600 square miles. if it comes ashore, it could do severe damage to the breeding grounds of shrimp, fish and bird s here along the gulf coast. now some 50 miles out to sea, crews are working to stop that oil leak. they have sent down remote operated submersibles. think of it as the emergency brake on the oil flow. they've got another 12 hours to pak that work. if that doesn't happen, they're bringing in rigs to drill relief wells to seal off the original well. the problem there, that's a process that could take months. the next 12 hours are crucial. natalie? >> we'll be watching what happens there. ann thompson for us in new orleans, thank you. >>> close call for britain's ambassador. he apparently narrowly escaped a suicide bomber attack on his car. >>> new york yankees will be honored today, last year's world series champions. seems like that was ages ago. good honor for them. >> he will shake >>> good morning. we have a cloudy and cool start to this monday. temperatures in the 50s and on radar, light
the oil slick is some 600 square miles. if it comes ashore, it could do severe damage to the breeding grounds of shrimp, fish and bird s here along the gulf coast. now some 50 miles out to sea, crews are working to stop that oil leak. they have sent down remote operated submersibles. think of it as the emergency brake on the oil flow. they've got another 12 hours to pak that work. if that doesn't happen, they're bringing in rigs to drill relief wells to seal off the original well. the problem...
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the halfpipe went from 16 feet to 22-foot walls. when you change something like that, there's actually more time in the air, more time to flip, more time to spin. i don't think we really have seen the last of it. >> soshu, russia? >> oh, no. >> oh, no? oh, ya? >> last time i was like vancouver seems so far away. >>> 8:26 is the time. the tree are in full bloom. tea party activists are using tax day to show frustration with the government. protests are planned throughout the day. sarah palin spoke at i rally yesterday in boston. today is the final stop a 20-day tour by the tea party express. we will take a break and have weather and traffic when we come back. here's to the believers. the risk-takers. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... who put it all on the line to build and run their own businesses. at at&t, we know something about that. our company started out in a small lab, with not much more than a dream. and today, we know it's small businesses that can create the jobs america needs. that's why at&t is investing billions to u
the halfpipe went from 16 feet to 22-foot walls. when you change something like that, there's actually more time in the air, more time to flip, more time to spin. i don't think we really have seen the last of it. >> soshu, russia? >> oh, no. >> oh, no? oh, ya? >> last time i was like vancouver seems so far away. >>> 8:26 is the time. the tree are in full bloom. tea party activists are using tax day to show frustration with the government. protests are planned...
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the death toll from wednesday morning's earthquake in western china has now topped 600 and it is expected to rise. this morning rescue crews pulled several survivors from collapsed buildings. officials estimate 100,000 people need shelter. as relief supplies are just starting to reach the remote area new tibet. peter sharpe of britain's sky news has more now from beijing. >> reporter: i'm in freezing conditions. tense of thousands of people are facing their second night out in the open as the rescue operation to release those trapped beneath the rubble goes on. at the same time, there is growing concern about a hydroelectric dam above the town. engineers have discovered there are dangerous cracks in that structure and there are real fears that if the dam burst, the whole area would have to be evacuated. and if you you evacuated the area, that would be a death sentence for those still trapped beneath ground. meanwhile, china is organizing a massive relief operation. it's a two pronged affair. 600 miles of road are being covered by a massive convoy bringing in tents, quilts, warm clothes, m
the death toll from wednesday morning's earthquake in western china has now topped 600 and it is expected to rise. this morning rescue crews pulled several survivors from collapsed buildings. officials estimate 100,000 people need shelter. as relief supplies are just starting to reach the remote area new tibet. peter sharpe of britain's sky news has more now from beijing. >> reporter: i'm in freezing conditions. tense of thousands of people are facing their second night out in the open as...
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at washington national cathedral. she will be laid to rest here in maryland at fort lincoln cemetery in prince george's county. she was considered the godmother of the civil-rights movement and marched alongside dr. martin luther king jr.. she died on tuesday at the age of 98. >> it became official today. barbara mikulski announced she will run for reelection. >> i have colleagues that say it is tough. it is so hard. yes, it is tough, it is hard. they want to quit. i am going to tell you something. i am not shy. i am not retiring. i am here today to announce my candidacy for reelection to the united states senate. >> she is currently the longest serving female senator, also considered the dean of women of the u.s. senate. >> we have some sunshine still mixed with a few clouds across the region this late afternoon heading to the evening hours. it will probably be a clean sweep on the age the doppler. we are starting to see the first signs of some rain. you can see the rain is not in a hurry to move right toward baltimo
at washington national cathedral. she will be laid to rest here in maryland at fort lincoln cemetery in prince george's county. she was considered the godmother of the civil-rights movement and marched alongside dr. martin luther king jr.. she died on tuesday at the age of 98. >> it became official today. barbara mikulski announced she will run for reelection. >> i have colleagues that say it is tough. it is so hard. yes, it is tough, it is hard. they want to quit. i am going to...
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from 22 root now. its 32 warehouses in mexico are another huge plus all of a sudden because the peso's one of the strongest currencies in the world this year. here's the bottom line. okay in and you need to know this. california's turned, and there are a lot of ways to play, it which is why we'll be california dreaming all week. we like the retailers with the most exposure to the state. like nordstrom, ross stores, 99 cents only. but the best way to play this turn is with the retailer whose stock doesn't yet reflect the recovery. and i think that's costco. you know something? the eagles were dead right. no, not the philadelphia eagles, as i'll now dread games against the once hapless redskins. but the don henley eagles. ♪ they stab it with their steely knives ♪ they stab it with their steely knives. but they no longer can kill the bull. after the break i'll try to make even more money. >> announcer: coming up -- >> merger mania. >> announcer: what does more m&a activity mean to you? cramer's trying
from 22 root now. its 32 warehouses in mexico are another huge plus all of a sudden because the peso's one of the strongest currencies in the world this year. here's the bottom line. okay in and you need to know this. california's turned, and there are a lot of ways to play, it which is why we'll be california dreaming all week. we like the retailers with the most exposure to the state. like nordstrom, ross stores, 99 cents only. but the best way to play this turn is with the retailer whose...
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they say that they will cut their nuclear weapons by 600. they would not allow impartial party is to go and oversee that. they announce it and then they report it themselves. who is going to believe that? >> we need a global determination for disarmament. we favor talks and be a cooperative. we have announced, time and again, and we have shown in practice that we are a man of our word. we have shown that we are moving in the right direction. however, they should know that if anybody is sitting there and believes that with the language of a brandishing -- language of brandishing weapons, you should know that this is a mistake. their behavior will make the iranian nation more resolved. until four months ago, we did not have the intention to actually produce 20% in wrenched fuel, but to use -- enriched fuel. however, due to the threat against us, i advised them to stop it. and enough is enough. stop this behavior that has been going on for 60 or 70 years. they have armed themselves and the whole world and they have discredited themselves. enoug
they say that they will cut their nuclear weapons by 600. they would not allow impartial party is to go and oversee that. they announce it and then they report it themselves. who is going to believe that? >> we need a global determination for disarmament. we favor talks and be a cooperative. we have announced, time and again, and we have shown in practice that we are a man of our word. we have shown that we are moving in the right direction. however, they should know that if anybody is...
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a 600 pound bluefin tuna and people who know fish say it's worth every penny. the catch of the day, maybe the year, fwloen in for a pennsylvania japanese tuna weekend. not just a large fish. it's tasty. a restaurant spokesman says it comes down to the fact that it's fatter. the fat is marbleized and makes for a creamier buttery tasting fish. >>> knowledge is pow whir it comes to how to use birth control. a dean in wisconsin county says might about cry. the possible jail sentence for giving a how-to on birth control. >>> a district attorney in wisconsin says health teachers could be prowse cuted if they tell students how to use birth control. last month the d.a. sent a letter to school districts saying teachers who tell students thousand pout an condom or take birth control pills would be contributing to the delinquency of a palestiner. a misdemeanor carrying a possible sentence of nine months behind bars and a $10,000 fine. >>> the republican d.a. san evangelical christian upset the governor, a democrat, signed a law requiring schools to teach comprehensive sex
a 600 pound bluefin tuna and people who know fish say it's worth every penny. the catch of the day, maybe the year, fwloen in for a pennsylvania japanese tuna weekend. not just a large fish. it's tasty. a restaurant spokesman says it comes down to the fact that it's fatter. the fat is marbleized and makes for a creamier buttery tasting fish. >>> knowledge is pow whir it comes to how to use birth control. a dean in wisconsin county says might about cry. the possible jail sentence for...
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it's been scouting locations in virginia, washington, d.c. and maryland as it seeks to be closer to their customer, key customer being the government. >> this could be good for -- >> trump's been active in real estate outside the nation's capital. >> the fortune 500 should all relocate to d.c. mars should get a little closer if it can to d.c., too. sorry? >>> comments or questions about anything you see here on squawk, e-mail us at squawk@cnbc.com. >>> when we come back, we'll have more with our guest host today, bill ackman. in the next hour of "squawk box," kynikos founder, james chanos. boss: y'know, geico opened its doors back in 1936 and now we're insuring over 18 million drivers. gecko: quite impressive, yeah. boss: come a long way, that's for sure. and so have you since you started working here way back when. gecko: ah, i still have nightmares. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >>> our guest host this morning, legendary hedge fund manager and activist investors bill ackman, good taste in ties as well
it's been scouting locations in virginia, washington, d.c. and maryland as it seeks to be closer to their customer, key customer being the government. >> this could be good for -- >> trump's been active in real estate outside the nation's capital. >> the fortune 500 should all relocate to d.c. mars should get a little closer if it can to d.c., too. sorry? >>> comments or questions about anything you see here on squawk, e-mail us at squawk@cnbc.com. >>> when...
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president obama had 22 nominees awaiting confirmation. 22 are waiting right now. at this point in president bush's first term the senate confirmed all but seven. 22 to 7. that means republicans have stalled more judicial nominations than they've allowed have us vote. many of these nominees reported by the judicial committee have been pending more months and months. every time the republicans stand in the way to do its judicial job, the public pace the price. this is not how the senate operated in the past. this is unique. it is unprecedented and indefensible. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i want to join the majority leader in recognizing the 15th anniversary of the oklahoma city bombing and add my voice to the others that have remembered the loss of life we suffered on that are terrible day. i also extend my sympathy to the survivors and to the families of the lost. it's impossible for most of us to understand how someone who could commit such a terrible act. it's impossible for most of us who appreciate
president obama had 22 nominees awaiting confirmation. 22 are waiting right now. at this point in president bush's first term the senate confirmed all but seven. 22 to 7. that means republicans have stalled more judicial nominations than they've allowed have us vote. many of these nominees reported by the judicial committee have been pending more months and months. every time the republicans stand in the way to do its judicial job, the public pace the price. this is not how the senate operated...
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chuck, it's 600 square miles right now. the oil slick. most of it is a very thin sheen on the water. that is good news. it is not a continuous oil slick. it's broken up. the problem is that well head is still leaking and today, the next 12 hours are really crucial here because right now, the oil companies are using remote-controlled submersibles to go down a mile underneath the water's surface and try to activate what's called a blow out preventer, think of it as an emergency brake and that would stop the leak. that's the quick fix, what they're hoping to do. if they can't do that, they're going to have to drill relief wells and drilling those would essentially shut off the original well. the problem there is that process takes months and so that would be a bad thing because this well is leaking at a rate of 42,000 gallons a day. chuck? >> all right, anne thompson monitoring that. we'll be checking in again, thanks very much. president obama spoke at the memorial service for the 29 men who loft their in the up are big brank mine honoring
chuck, it's 600 square miles right now. the oil slick. most of it is a very thin sheen on the water. that is good news. it is not a continuous oil slick. it's broken up. the problem is that well head is still leaking and today, the next 12 hours are really crucial here because right now, the oil companies are using remote-controlled submersibles to go down a mile underneath the water's surface and try to activate what's called a blow out preventer, think of it as an emergency brake and that...
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this happened around 2:00 this morning in the 600 block of 26th place. police have not released the victim's identity, but say he was shot multiple times. and police have not released any information on the suspect or a motive. >>> a ban on using cell phones while drive something closer to becoming law in maryland. the bill overwhelmingly passed the house yesterday and now goes to the governor's desk for approval. drivers would have to use a hands free device to talk. >>> justin will join us in a moment for the forecast for the weekend. stay with us. >>> good morning. still looking at a nice forecast coming up this afternoon. temperatures right now cool in the 40s. the highs will warm back up in the 60s this afternoon with plenty of sunshine. not as breezy as yesterday, so comfortable if you have outdoor plans today, and the second half of the weekend is even better as we approach the low 70s for tomorrow. we should see clouds on the increase during the later afternoon hours, but it should be dry. and then monday we cool back down to the upper 60s and th
this happened around 2:00 this morning in the 600 block of 26th place. police have not released the victim's identity, but say he was shot multiple times. and police have not released any information on the suspect or a motive. >>> a ban on using cell phones while drive something closer to becoming law in maryland. the bill overwhelmingly passed the house yesterday and now goes to the governor's desk for approval. drivers would have to use a hands free device to talk. >>>...
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that's me 22 pounds ago, and i'm never going back there again. roll back prices no matter who you are or what program is right for you. people say i look 10 years younger. i feel 10 years younger. smart money named nutrisystem the best value of popular weight-loss programs. now our best price just got better. call 888-988-thin and start losing weight today. with nutrisystem, there are no more excuses. the nutrisystem roll back sales event won't last long. call or click now. i'm ed whitacre, from general motors. a lot of americans didn't agree with giving gm a second chance. quite frankly, i can respect that. we want to make this a company all americans can be proud of again. that's why i'm here to announce we have repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule. but there's still more to do. our is to exceed every expectation you've set for us. we're putting people back to rk, designing, building, and selling the best cars and trucks in the world. ith our 100,000-mile, 5-year powertrain warranty to gu
that's me 22 pounds ago, and i'm never going back there again. roll back prices no matter who you are or what program is right for you. people say i look 10 years younger. i feel 10 years younger. smart money named nutrisystem the best value of popular weight-loss programs. now our best price just got better. call 888-988-thin and start losing weight today. with nutrisystem, there are no more excuses. the nutrisystem roll back sales event won't last long. call or click now. i'm ed whitacre,...
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outside, we were talking about, when i was mentioning, something like 22% of women between the ages of 30 and 44 actually earn more than their husbands. i heard a woman go whoo! it seems like we've sort of arrived. it's not just something we've seen in movie stars like madonna and julia roberts. it is something that seems to be such a trend. >> the reason we did the piece about young alpha women is that we were hearing from readers who said we have these issues. i'm earning more than my husband. and it's complicated. it doesn't mean that our marriage is going smoother because i'm earning more. i'm not sure if i find my husband as sexy if i've had a tough day at work and i come home and he's moaning, i don't feel as sympathetic. the biggest social change on impacts to marriage in the last 50 years and women are really wrestling with it. >> you experience this in your own family, deborah? >> i wear three hats here. i'm doing a book, researching this topic for a book. i teach women in gender studies in new england and i'm also -- i've been living with this for -- i've always made more mon
outside, we were talking about, when i was mentioning, something like 22% of women between the ages of 30 and 44 actually earn more than their husbands. i heard a woman go whoo! it seems like we've sort of arrived. it's not just something we've seen in movie stars like madonna and julia roberts. it is something that seems to be such a trend. >> the reason we did the piece about young alpha women is that we were hearing from readers who said we have these issues. i'm earning more than my...
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more than 600 homes were damaged. governor haley barbour in mississippi has declared his state of emergency in 17 counties. >> it may take all day to determine whether a robotic submarine can stop a spill in the gulf of mexico. 42000 gals are spilling a day where the rig exploded and sank last week. a robotic submarine is attempting to locate and activate a shutoff device at the wellhead nearly a mile beneath the ocean surface. >>> president obama in west virginia yesterday remembering 29 workers who died in a mining disaster there earlier this month, promising to honor their memory by making conditions safer for miners moving forward. >> all that hard work, all that hardship, all the time spent underground, it was all for the families. it was all for you, for a car in the driveway, a roof overhead, for a chance to give their kids opportunities that they would never know and enjoy retirement with their spouses. it was all in the hopes of something better. so these miners lived as they died in pursuit of the american d
more than 600 homes were damaged. governor haley barbour in mississippi has declared his state of emergency in 17 counties. >> it may take all day to determine whether a robotic submarine can stop a spill in the gulf of mexico. 42000 gals are spilling a day where the rig exploded and sank last week. a robotic submarine is attempting to locate and activate a shutoff device at the wellhead nearly a mile beneath the ocean surface. >>> president obama in west virginia yesterday...
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this is the morning of america. i assure you, that through the light of this coming dawn, our flag, our freedoms, are still there. that's why we fight. that's why we fight. that's why we fight. that's why we fight! that is why we fight every single day! [ applause ] >> we don't want america to be confused right now. we want to speak with clarity. we want to speak with understanding. we want to speak with hope. we don't want america to be confused. so let's tune out all the background noise and go on offense. let's take them. let's take it to the streets. let's take it to the neighborhoods. let's take workplaces. let's take communities we have never been in before. let's take it to the back alleys and the frontal leads, the corner drug stores and the boardrooms and share a message of empower meant and opportunity. let's tell america we are alive and free because we believe believe in the principles that have been grounded in the constitution that protect us every single day. we are free, because we fight for that fre
this is the morning of america. i assure you, that through the light of this coming dawn, our flag, our freedoms, are still there. that's why we fight. that's why we fight. that's why we fight. that's why we fight! that is why we fight every single day! [ applause ] >> we don't want america to be confused right now. we want to speak with clarity. we want to speak with understanding. we want to speak with hope. we don't want america to be confused. so let's tune out all the background...
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nancy cordes is in washington with details and the numbers. >> reporter: good morning. that's right, both parties say they are for reform and they are deep in negotiations over it. but they're not there yet, which means this vote that democrats have called for today could very well fail. >> i think we will get a bill. if the democrats want a bill, it will give us this things that we think with substantive in nature. >> reporter: but without a deal, many, if not all, senate republicans plan to vote no today blocking a floor debate on the bill. >> here we are 17 months after someone broke into our house in effect, robbed us, and we still haven't even changed the locks. >> reporter: republicans think the bill needs to make it clear, failing firms will not be bailed out and they think that consumer protections and regulations on derivatives in the bill are too ownrou rouer us help. >> this is not a situation where anybody wants no bill to pass, but it is important to pass a between bill. >> reporter: tomorrow the ceo of goldman sachs will do to capitol hill to testify. he'l
nancy cordes is in washington with details and the numbers. >> reporter: good morning. that's right, both parties say they are for reform and they are deep in negotiations over it. but they're not there yet, which means this vote that democrats have called for today could very well fail. >> i think we will get a bill. if the democrats want a bill, it will give us this things that we think with substantive in nature. >> reporter: but without a deal, many, if not all, senate...
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a 22-year-old college student facing 50 years in prison if he's convicted. a federal court in virginia will hear pleas from nine somali pirate suspects. the group charged with attacking two u.s. navy ships off the coast of africa. >>> the top story we're watching, that massive oil spill that's now hit the mouth of the mississippi. if it keeps growing it could be as bad or worse than the infame p.o.w.s exxon valdez in the '80s. it reached land and could impact more of the coastline. fisherman along the gulf worry this spill could devastate their sp industry. >> hopefully will oil will not come. we have our fingers crossed and hope to god it works to our advantage. >> the perfect storm together with the winds and surf changing and them not being able to contain the spread of the oil. >> today alabama, mississippi and florida are all bracing for what could come this weekend. joining me now, david halsted with florida's emergency management group. how is florida preparing? >> currently now we're going to have a briefing of emergency support functions, state agen
a 22-year-old college student facing 50 years in prison if he's convicted. a federal court in virginia will hear pleas from nine somali pirate suspects. the group charged with attacking two u.s. navy ships off the coast of africa. >>> the top story we're watching, that massive oil spill that's now hit the mouth of the mississippi. if it keeps growing it could be as bad or worse than the infame p.o.w.s exxon valdez in the '80s. it reached land and could impact more of the coastline....
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in the early morning light the bay can look so pure and pristine, but that's deceiving. i know that like most of america's waterways, chesapeake bay is in trouble despite years of trying to save it, and that worries me. i wanted a firsthand look, and so i headed out on the water with larry simns, a waterman who's been commercially fishing the bay for 60 years. >> in its peak time, if you drained the bay, the crabs and the fish and oysters and everything would probably be ten foot deep on the bottom all over the whole bay. >> smith: over the past several decades, simns has watched the good times of bountiful harvests slip away. about like your home waters here. >> yeah. yeah. >> smith: and what is the chesapeake bay like today for a watermen? >> the only thing that we have in abundance that we had back then was the striped bass, the rockfish. other than that, everything else is diminished. two million bushel a year. now, we catch 100,000 bushel. i never, ever dreamed that i wouldn't be catching shad anymore, i wouldn't be catching yellow perch anymore, i wouldn't be catch
in the early morning light the bay can look so pure and pristine, but that's deceiving. i know that like most of america's waterways, chesapeake bay is in trouble despite years of trying to save it, and that worries me. i wanted a firsthand look, and so i headed out on the water with larry simns, a waterman who's been commercially fishing the bay for 60 years. >> in its peak time, if you drained the bay, the crabs and the fish and oysters and everything would probably be ten foot deep on...
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lives in new jersey, 42 years old and weighs about 600 pounds. donna simpson's goal, to be the fattest woman in america. imagine that. she's trying to pack on more pounds, wants to weigh close to 1,000 pounds. she is an exception to the rule. her story does beg questions, are we as a society too accepting of obesity? and what does obesity cost us? this year alone, it will cost us close to $147 billion due to this particular chronic disease. we continue this trend, talk about 2018, just a few years away, the coast goes to $344 billion, again, due to obesity. you start to take a macro look at all this, overall, the expenditures, percentage of overall health care spending, about 21%. why? simply because america is too fat. that doesn't take into account what is happening into your body. let me show you a couple things as a doctor. we talk about the effect on heart disease all the time. you look at someone's heart specifically, you go in, start to strip away the heart, what can happen, blood vessels become too small, heart has to work increasingly ha
lives in new jersey, 42 years old and weighs about 600 pounds. donna simpson's goal, to be the fattest woman in america. imagine that. she's trying to pack on more pounds, wants to weigh close to 1,000 pounds. she is an exception to the rule. her story does beg questions, are we as a society too accepting of obesity? and what does obesity cost us? this year alone, it will cost us close to $147 billion due to this particular chronic disease. we continue this trend, talk about 2018, just a few...
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we have scattered frost reports in the rural areas of mareland, virginia and west virginia and the eastern shore. a live picture shows bright sun piercing the blue sky and pouring down on washington. it's in the low to mid 40s and we are near 40 notice and rapidly hit the mid 60s with a wind and lots of sunshine. sunny and wind and frost in the morning. >> and that's your latest weather. make sure you can get your weather any time of the day or night, do georgia go to weather cable or weather.com. >>> three girls targeted in disturbing new cases about cyber bullying speak out about the growing problem. >>> but up next, the purchasing power of kids and the new campaign aimed at protecting them from advertising gimmicks. right after this. [ female announcer ] introducing new all oxi-active, for all active families. our advanced 2-in-1 power cleans tough stains like grass better than the leading oxi detergent and helps get your family's wash incredibly white and bright. try new all oxi-active. it's all good. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ - good night, honey. - and they could fix... - all better? - almost a
we have scattered frost reports in the rural areas of mareland, virginia and west virginia and the eastern shore. a live picture shows bright sun piercing the blue sky and pouring down on washington. it's in the low to mid 40s and we are near 40 notice and rapidly hit the mid 60s with a wind and lots of sunshine. sunny and wind and frost in the morning. >> and that's your latest weather. make sure you can get your weather any time of the day or night, do georgia go to weather cable or...
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jon karl's in washington this morning. you boiled down the arguments. democrats say this reform is necessary to rein in the big banks. but top republicans argue it's another bailout. >> reporter: and the goal of this is to prevent another meltdown by imposing tough regulations on wall street. but already, the two sides are as deeply divided on how to do that as they were on health care. republicans are already blasting the bill as another wall street bailout. >> this is a bailout congress. >> permanent bailout. >> reporter: and democrats -- >> it's poppycock. >> reporter: are accusing republicans of distorting the bill. >> i think the bill will prevent bailouts. that's the goal. >> reporter: at issue, the bill gives the treasury department the power to force failing banks into bankruptcy. to pay for shutting down bad banks, the bill establishes a $50,000 fund, financed with fees imposed by the banks themselves, not on taxpayers. democrats says that insures no more taxpayer bailouts. but republicans say taxpayers will ultimately foot the bill because big
jon karl's in washington this morning. you boiled down the arguments. democrats say this reform is necessary to rein in the big banks. but top republicans argue it's another bailout. >> reporter: and the goal of this is to prevent another meltdown by imposing tough regulations on wall street. but already, the two sides are as deeply divided on how to do that as they were on health care. republicans are already blasting the bill as another wall street bailout. >> this is a bailout...
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forbes from virginia. mr. defazio from oregon. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. burgess: i thank the speaker for the recognition. i thank the minority leader for allowing me to speak this afternoon during the leadership hour. it is always a significant event to be asked to speak during the leadership hour and certainly appreciate the confidence shown in me by the leadership. this afternoon i thought we would talk a little more about the health care bill passed by this house last month because it is an important subject and one that continues to cause problems across the country. almost any place you go people want to ask you questions about why did you do this bill and what does it mean for me and what can i expect going forward? mr. speaker, i know i need to confine my comments to the chair and i will do so, but if i were to be able to speak to people directly, i would encourage them to look at a
forbes from virginia. mr. defazio from oregon. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. burgess: i thank the speaker for the recognition. i thank the minority leader for allowing me to speak this afternoon during the leadership hour. it is always a significant event to be asked to speak during the leadership hour and certainly appreciate the confidence shown in me by...
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the death toll has now topped 600 with more than 9,000 injured. nbc's adrian wong has more from beijing this morning. i understand survivors are being found. >> reporter: yes, good morning, ann. there are survivors. one by one, slowly but surely, they're finding adults, but also children from underneath collapsed buildings that tomorrowled over when the quake struck early wednesday morning. class was basically in session so many of the accounted children were already in school. you see many parents waiting around anxiously hoping for some signs of life. you can also see tibetan monks joining the rescue effort, climbing over the rubble to help rescue teams search for survivors. there have been about 750 aftershocks recorded in the quake zone since the main quake first struck. the chinese government is scrambling resources from all across the country by road, and by air, and in fact planes have started ferrying in rescue teams and supplies into the county's local tiny air strip. by road, we're seeing military trucks bring in lots more supplies. ann?
the death toll has now topped 600 with more than 9,000 injured. nbc's adrian wong has more from beijing this morning. i understand survivors are being found. >> reporter: yes, good morning, ann. there are survivors. one by one, slowly but surely, they're finding adults, but also children from underneath collapsed buildings that tomorrowled over when the quake struck early wednesday morning. class was basically in session so many of the accounted children were already in school. you see...
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over 600 who were wounded. they pose a giant threat to society. i think they pose a threat to race relations in this country. which are making great grounds. i mean, we have a biracial president. 40 years ago in this country, you know, his mother and father could have been killed for walking down the streets in some parts of our country. today that's not the case. i think we have a long way to go, but i think these groups are highly dangerous. >> what can be done to sort of, in your view, fight the messages of hate? that, thankly, you were a part of years and years ago? >> i give lectures across the state at colleges, military, law enforcement. i think the thing is education. i think teaching kids when they're younger what makes them similar to each other. i think as they get older, teaching kids to embrace each other's diversity. what makes this country great is the fact that we aren't just one group of people, that we're a collage of many people. >> t.j.leyden, good stuff. >> thank you. >> i enjoyed that. thank you, sir. >>> still to come, what
over 600 who were wounded. they pose a giant threat to society. i think they pose a threat to race relations in this country. which are making great grounds. i mean, we have a biracial president. 40 years ago in this country, you know, his mother and father could have been killed for walking down the streets in some parts of our country. today that's not the case. i think we have a long way to go, but i think these groups are highly dangerous. >> what can be done to sort of, in your view,...
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good morning. >> host: good morning, karen. >> caller: the only thing i have a problem with is that i see the tea partiers it should not be fair to a senator like senator mccain why should we vote him in again when he left his campaign to go vote on the bailout. you know, so i think we should just be fair. we should target everybody. everybody. the democrats and the republicans on this -- ever since they've been in office for the last eight years that's who we should be getting up out of there. i say get rid of all of them in even when they come up for re-elections, democrat or republicans. get rid of all of them >> host: there's two headlines this morning that i want to share from that caller's comments. here's the front page of "usa today." frustrated voters cut ties with de so eshg dems. more people are saying they are independent in key races across the country. >> host: pushing antiestablishment gop candidates in florida, california and colorado. any idea of the fundraising efforts going on in
good morning. >> host: good morning, karen. >> caller: the only thing i have a problem with is that i see the tea partiers it should not be fair to a senator like senator mccain why should we vote him in again when he left his campaign to go vote on the bailout. you know, so i think we should just be fair. we should target everybody. everybody. the democrats and the republicans on this -- ever since they've been in office for the last eight years that's who we should be getting up...
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a new bid in the mix for disney's movie studio. 600 million bid for miramax. imagine having your cell phone suddenly disconnected. millions of mexican citizens face that possibility this weekend. the government says citizens must register their cell phone lines by this weekend to keep them operational. it's all in an effort to fight crime. but at last count 30 million lines remain unregistered. you may recall the february news conference where tiger woods made his first public apology for his behavior in florida which is back in the news today as goldman sachs seeks to foreclose on it. a bankruptcy court set a hearing for april 22nd to determine whether goldman, which holds 193 million mortgage can take that action. >> all stories converge. >> there's nothing they don't touch. >> everything. >> and the tiger clearly wouldn't boost fortunes. who knows. so which member of the fed has the most influence? the most power to move the markets and make business leaders sit up and take notice? we've been talking about this question all week. steve liesman, the professo
a new bid in the mix for disney's movie studio. 600 million bid for miramax. imagine having your cell phone suddenly disconnected. millions of mexican citizens face that possibility this weekend. the government says citizens must register their cell phone lines by this weekend to keep them operational. it's all in an effort to fight crime. but at last count 30 million lines remain unregistered. you may recall the february news conference where tiger woods made his first public apology for his...
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bill: busy morning on "america's newsroom," news breaking from washington now, a major decision handed down by the u.s. supreme court, it appears the court now said that a federal court went too far, when it ruled a cross in the mohave zirt had to be removed and it appears the home will be restored and shannon bream is on the story and we'll be with her in minutes, for a live report on that, out of washington. >> president barack obama:... the current and most americans get their health insurance from their employers and if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. martha: all right, that was president obama just one week before the overhaul became law and you really heard it over and over again. if you like your health insurance plan and your doctors, you can keep it, exactly the way it is, but, now one congressman says that research shows that several companies are now seeing an incentive when they learn the numbers to drop health care coverage for their employees. and, he joins us now. texas republican joe barton, is a ranking mem
bill: busy morning on "america's newsroom," news breaking from washington now, a major decision handed down by the u.s. supreme court, it appears the court now said that a federal court went too far, when it ruled a cross in the mohave zirt had to be removed and it appears the home will be restored and shannon bream is on the story and we'll be with her in minutes, for a live report on that, out of washington. >> president barack obama:... the current and most americans get...
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we have a noted physicist with us here this morning. >>> there's a new truce in washington. republicans and democrats are coming together on financial reform, saying they believe they can make a bipartisan deal. but what does reform on wall street mean to people on main street? >> that's the big question. and will it prevent a bailout that all of us have to pay for? >>> and a mystery out of ohio this morning. a mom has disappeared. the community has rallied to find her. but there's a big question hanging. was she abducted? or did she abandon her husband and baby? >> it's a mystery. >>> we begin with the latest on the airports and the volcano right now. nick watt at london's heathrow airport. not quite as quiet as it has been in previous days. nick? >> reporter: good morning, robin. you're right. heathrow is noisy again. the first takeoff this morning, an italia jet to rome. i just saw an american airlines jet going past me. last night, they started landing here. and passengers were cheering. there's an ash cloud up there. but the british authorities have decided that some as
we have a noted physicist with us here this morning. >>> there's a new truce in washington. republicans and democrats are coming together on financial reform, saying they believe they can make a bipartisan deal. but what does reform on wall street mean to people on main street? >> that's the big question. and will it prevent a bailout that all of us have to pay for? >>> and a mystery out of ohio this morning. a mom has disappeared. the community has rallied to find her....
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jose is the chef and owner of seven restaurants in washington, d.c. jose, good morning. you're here with your lawyer, lucia. >> she always has me cook at home. i may be a professional chef, but first i am a daddy. >> time is tight in the kitchen at home. that's where these dishes come in. >> this is like the one-pan dish. fork loin. everyone loves pork. you put it in the pan, roast a little bit, you have a nice color. you put the onions all around. little olive, salt, pepper wherever you like. some garlic. you like garlic? you like garlic? yes? you are not sure. >> huh-uh. >> okay. we put some oregano. your favorite herbs. now we put apples. >> wait a minute. these are apples you're going to kind of juice up a little bit. right? >> tell you what we're going to do. we took the core out, we put some butter, everything is raw as you see. your favorite white wine, whatever you are dirinking, mat. right there and this is ready to go into the oven. >> you don't even braise it any longer? >> no. >> how long does that need to cook? >> this will go into the oven around 1 hour 10
jose is the chef and owner of seven restaurants in washington, d.c. jose, good morning. you're here with your lawyer, lucia. >> she always has me cook at home. i may be a professional chef, but first i am a daddy. >> time is tight in the kitchen at home. that's where these dishes come in. >> this is like the one-pan dish. fork loin. everyone loves pork. you put it in the pan, roast a little bit, you have a nice color. you put the onions all around. little olive, salt, pepper...
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that's what last night's vote was b this morning i saw the junior senator from virginia, a democrat and a man who knows what it's like to create jobs, is acknowledging what republicans have been saying all along. "there are parts that need to be tightened." that's certainly true. so let's stop the show part -- e show par partisanship. let's back to proving to the american people that the days of wall street bailouts are indeed over. madam presint, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, there will now be a period of morning business for one hour with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each and with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees with the majority controlling the first half and the republicans controlling the final half. ms. stabenow: madam president? the presiding officer: the snoer from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you, madam president. i rise today to urge republican colleagues, to urge the republican leader to drop their fil
that's what last night's vote was b this morning i saw the junior senator from virginia, a democrat and a man who knows what it's like to create jobs, is acknowledging what republicans have been saying all along. "there are parts that need to be tightened." that's certainly true. so let's stop the show part -- e show par partisanship. let's back to proving to the american people that the days of wall street bailouts are indeed over. madam presint, i yield the floor. the presiding...
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nearly 600 people arrested here john? >> you got it john. that's exactly right. 596 criminal offenders and another 3 noncriminals but those 3 noncriminals included a man wanted for murder in florida and two individuals who were immigration fugitives. jon: and in the southeastern united states i mean, we're not talking about people who just walked across the border and -- necessarily from mexico? >> no, we're talking about criminal offenders this was 59 people. the vast majority of which over 500 had felony records and for things like murder, rape, child molestation drug trafficking. these were serious offenders were -- we were getting out of communities and off the streets on their way home. jon: some of these people had been arrested before and deported before, right? >> they had. a number over 20 had been previously convicted in this country. served their sentence been referred to ice they've been removed and made their way back. unfortunately one of the murderers we caught fit that category. spent his time here in jail for murder, returne
nearly 600 people arrested here john? >> you got it john. that's exactly right. 596 criminal offenders and another 3 noncriminals but those 3 noncriminals included a man wanted for murder in florida and two individuals who were immigration fugitives. jon: and in the southeastern united states i mean, we're not talking about people who just walked across the border and -- necessarily from mexico? >> no, we're talking about criminal offenders this was 59 people. the vast majority of...
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host: zpwarey from virginia. republican line. good morning. caller: thank you. i'd like to say while i do approve of what obama is trying to do with this stimulus money, i don't approve of the way he's trying to do it. you take these stimulus funds being spent for these highway interchanges projects, i talked to chairman lahood i believe it was december or january anyway, on january 29 on cnn at 6:30 in the morning they had a project in nebraska where it was a railroad overpass, and nobody on either side of the tracks wanted it or felt they needed it. everybody just kind of enjoyed waiting for the train to go by when they got stuck at intersections. nobody had ever lost their lives there. there had never been an accident. it only gave two girls a flag jobs. and the reason -- and i told mr. lahood that there's a lot of chickenry going on. and he said he couldn't imagine that. host: mike, do you want to respond to that point? guest: well, you know, i guess highway construction brings jobs. and that's what's needed. even in a place like nebraska that is weathered t
host: zpwarey from virginia. republican line. good morning. caller: thank you. i'd like to say while i do approve of what obama is trying to do with this stimulus money, i don't approve of the way he's trying to do it. you take these stimulus funds being spent for these highway interchanges projects, i talked to chairman lahood i believe it was december or january anyway, on january 29 on cnn at 6:30 in the morning they had a project in nebraska where it was a railroad overpass, and nobody on...
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going to look for 22-32-year-old nigerian men. is it your sense that al-qaeda and the like would say, okay, we're going to do pregnant women or women like in the russian bombing this week? >> i actually think this is better suit today that kind of scenario because as raw intelligence comes in, instead of waiting to analyze and determine whether somebody should go on to the no-fly list, you're going to pump intelligence out to international partners almost to be on the lookout for this kind of person with these kind of features, characteristicsing and places that they may have traveled from or to. trace: and you cleared this up for me, the 6,000 on the no-fly list, that's not the extent of it. it is more. >> correct. trace: it is more vast than that. >> yes. if the you're on the select t list, you automatically go into secondary screening, so think about the emergency procedures the department put in. if you are traveling from or through any of the 14 countries, you automatically went into secondary screening. now they're going to
going to look for 22-32-year-old nigerian men. is it your sense that al-qaeda and the like would say, okay, we're going to do pregnant women or women like in the russian bombing this week? >> i actually think this is better suit today that kind of scenario because as raw intelligence comes in, instead of waiting to analyze and determine whether somebody should go on to the no-fly list, you're going to pump intelligence out to international partners almost to be on the lookout for this...
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host: you continued this theme in a recent column march 22 in "the washington post." alan greenspan potts a flawed analysis of the financial crisis. guest: greenspan is an interesting figure because when he retired in our early 2006, he was praised lavishly across the political spectrum by most professional eat communist, by milton friedman, who is a conservative who has been a longstanding critic of the fed, alan blinder, a liberal at princeton who has been vice- chairman of the federal reserve board -- really having been the most successful unreserve leader in the history of the federal reserve system. now flash forward three years and greenspan is made to be one of the fall guys for the financial crisis, for keeping credit to easy for too long. you really can't blame greenspan, you can't blame the bankers by themselves in isolation. all of these people were conditioned by the experience in the last two decades, when it became conventional wisdom that we had gone into a kind of new era of, is not perfect prosperity, but a kind of underlying indestructible prosperity
host: you continued this theme in a recent column march 22 in "the washington post." alan greenspan potts a flawed analysis of the financial crisis. guest: greenspan is an interesting figure because when he retired in our early 2006, he was praised lavishly across the political spectrum by most professional eat communist, by milton friedman, who is a conservative who has been a longstanding critic of the fed, alan blinder, a liberal at princeton who has been vice- chairman of the...
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guest: we have a group of 22 former officials from around the world. we're a part of a pr firm called apco, very much affiliated with apco. we provide consulting services to companies going overseas, in some instances companies coming to the u.s. and the whole idea is that they have access to this group of people who work all over the world and have great experience and insight and judgment. and we also have the best of both worlds in the sense that we have the resources of a pr firm, in public affairs firm, to be able to use with customers. host: let's take some calls. the first call comes from tom in michigan. caller: everybody is up in arms about immigrants coming over to the u.s. and you really cannot blame them. basically, they're coming from a purple country and they want to better themselves, which is anybody's idea of -- coming from a third world country and they want to better themselves, which is anybody's idea. instead of making their lives harder, has anyone thought about a kind of buyout to get into the united states? the united states is
guest: we have a group of 22 former officials from around the world. we're a part of a pr firm called apco, very much affiliated with apco. we provide consulting services to companies going overseas, in some instances companies coming to the u.s. and the whole idea is that they have access to this group of people who work all over the world and have great experience and insight and judgment. and we also have the best of both worlds in the sense that we have the resources of a pr firm, in public...
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yet, look what we've done on wall street and washington. washington's permissive attitude towards wall street has thrown our entire economic system into turmoil. the financial sector can't be allowed to call the shots as they have when it comes to our economy. let me give you one quick statistic. in 1980, 35% of our nation's g.d.p. was manufacturing. less than half that amount, less than one-sixth was financial services. today those numbers have flipped. manufacturing, at least before this recession, manufacturing accounted for only about 15% of our g.d.p. financial services was almost twice that. look what that brought us, mr. president. look what it brings us in mining towns in colorado or industrial towns in ohio, where town after town after town has been hollowed out because of wall street, because of policies that federal policies from the last decade that have chosen financial services over manufacturing, that have chosen wall street over main street. mega banks can't hold such a large stake in our economy that their downfall becomes
yet, look what we've done on wall street and washington. washington's permissive attitude towards wall street has thrown our entire economic system into turmoil. the financial sector can't be allowed to call the shots as they have when it comes to our economy. let me give you one quick statistic. in 1980, 35% of our nation's g.d.p. was manufacturing. less than half that amount, less than one-sixth was financial services. today those numbers have flipped. manufacturing, at least before this...
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only 22 republican seats. let me translate that for you. there's a republican senate in your future. it's probably just not in 2000. it's probably not in 2010. so to sort of look at this, could things change in the next six months? and could democrats avoid, you know, this near apocalyptic election? yeah, things could change over the next few months. they could. but change is the operative term. things would have to change. 'cause the trajectory is headed towards a bad place. now, if i wanted to be nasty i could say, things could change in the next six months. i could be thin in the next six months. [laughter] >> but that would be -- that would be tacky. [laughter] >> when you ask -- okay. what could change things? well, unemployment could change. if unemployment got a lot better, now it was 9.7% in january, 9.7% in february, 9.7% in march and we've got new numbers coming up in the next two weeks -- if unemployment got a lot better between now and then, sure, it could. but the thing is the economic forecast, both the blue chip economic indi
only 22 republican seats. let me translate that for you. there's a republican senate in your future. it's probably just not in 2000. it's probably not in 2010. so to sort of look at this, could things change in the next six months? and could democrats avoid, you know, this near apocalyptic election? yeah, things could change over the next few months. they could. but change is the operative term. things would have to change. 'cause the trajectory is headed towards a bad place. now, if i wanted...
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to the panhandle of west virginia. sunny and toasty warm and a bay breeze keeping things cooler territ >> that's your good friday forecast. matt? >> bill, thank you very much. >>> as we showed you a little earlier, president obama made a surprise visit to the flooded northeast on thursday. he's logged a lot of miles this past week to outline his ideas on everything from afghanistan to health care to jobs. he's hitting the road again this morning. nbc's savannah guthe's at the white house. savannah, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the president is traveling today to charlotte, north carolina to talk about jobs and the economy. on thursday it was health care. once again, that was the main event. >> i love you back! >> reporter: on thursday, the president took a health care victory lap in portland, maine where he laughed off suggestions that his greatest legislative triumph hasn't yet helped him in the polls. >> can you imagine if some of these reporters were working on a farm? you'd planted some see
to the panhandle of west virginia. sunny and toasty warm and a bay breeze keeping things cooler territ >> that's your good friday forecast. matt? >> bill, thank you very much. >>> as we showed you a little earlier, president obama made a surprise visit to the flooded northeast on thursday. he's logged a lot of miles this past week to outline his ideas on everything from afghanistan to health care to jobs. he's hitting the road again this morning. nbc's savannah guthe's at...
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first on cnbc now tom anderson joining us from washington, d.c. tom, thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me, steve. >> let me just say that the first stock i have here little obvious if you're playing an upgrade. is there value in it? >> i think there is value in it. the thing about floor it is tied it energy infrastructure. right now it had a great quarter and is trading at i think 54 recently. we think the stock is worth 60, 62 and, like i said, it's tied to energy infrastructure and especially the u.s. upgrades its aging power plants, aging coal power plants to natural gas and maybe even some atomic power plants. this company is poised to do well. also, a lot of the stimulus money hasn't trickled down yet and we expect fluor to get an uptick. >> the next one on your list here. abb, another global infrastructure. what part of the upgrade is this stock going to play in? >> well, we, we're really interested. infrastructure is such a broad catego category. we're interested in the choke points and one of the choke points is the powergrid.
first on cnbc now tom anderson joining us from washington, d.c. tom, thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me, steve. >> let me just say that the first stock i have here little obvious if you're playing an upgrade. is there value in it? >> i think there is value in it. the thing about floor it is tied it energy infrastructure. right now it had a great quarter and is trading at i think 54 recently. we think the stock is worth 60, 62 and, like i said, it's tied to...